STONEHAVEN ART CLUB
Meetings and Events
Programme of Events
From April to November each year the club holds a series of monthly evening meetings and monthly workshops on a Saturday. Subject to space, visitors are welcome to join both evening meetings and workshops.
Evening Events take place in the Lounge, Community Centre, Bath St. Stonehaven. Members are free, Visitors £3
Tea, Coffee and biscuits served.
Wednesday 11th March – Club AGM Club Social
Wednesday 8th April -Charles Smith – ‘A Silversmith’s story and manipulation of the metal’
Wednesday 13th May – Jane Jensen (Purplejain) “All I ever wanted to do was draw…from childhood, through art school, to artist”
Instagram:@purplejain_art
Wednesday 10th June – Albertino Costa – “A Sculptors Life” Local Sculptor and stonecarver
Wednesday 9th September – Dariusz “Wayfinder: a conceptual device for exploring subjective time and evolving narratives. An evolving mixed media framework for art practice”
www.dariuszworks.co.uk
Wednesday 14th October – Hetty Haxworth “Placing my work in the landscape” local printmaker
www.hetty-haxworth.co.uk
Wednesday 11th November – Briony Jenkins “A talk about her journey from art college 40 years ago and how she has begun afresh in the last five years
www.brionyjenkins.com
Thursday 10th December – Christmas Gathering/workshop
Wednesday 10th March 2027 – Club AGM
Covid 19. Please be mindful of members and vistors who may wish to socially distance at indoor events. Hand Sanitizer will be available.
Evening Events
We meet on the second Wednesday of April, May, June, September, October and November at the Blue Room in Stonehaven Community Centre, Bath St. Stonehaven, from 7.30pm until 9.30pm when members and visitors can come along and see a demo by a practising artist, or a talk on an art-related topic, with visuals and usually plenty of questions. Tea / coffee is served and visitors are most welcome – £3
Art in Company
We continue our casual sketching in company event, held every third Monday evening of the month from 7pm to 9pm in the Lounge for Members only – ground floor at Stonehaven Community Centre. This is an informal event where members are able to come together to create art and have a natter. Tea, Coffee and biscuits provided. Our next meetings are as follows:
Monday 16th March
Monday 20th April
Monday 18th May
Monday 15th June
Monday 20th July
Monday 17th August
Monday 21st September
Monday 19th October.
Monday 16th November.
We will resume again 18th January 2027.
Weekend Workshops
- Sat 25th April – Moiora Milne – “Make your Mark”observational drawing exercises in monochrome and colour, leading to a developed piece(s) in the afternoon Instagram@momline
- Sat 16th May – Michelle Anderson
“Light and Landscape” in soft pastel
- Sat 13th June – Victoria Wylie Hale
“Expressive Layers: Colour, Texture & Mark-Making, using acrylic paint”
- Sat 12th/13th September Brigid Collins “Traces of Beauty”
Weekend Cost – Only open to members £80
A weekend workshop by renowned artist Brigid
Collins, from Edinburgh
Observing plant forms closely, by drawing, line, tone,
and composition, moving on to watercolour. Creating
expressive work rather than analytical ‘botanical’
studies en-plein air (weather permitting) and in the
studio.
This very special workshop aims to create an individual
body of drawn and painted (and perhaps written)
studies and help you develop and deepen ways of
looking, seeing, interpreting and reflecting on the
experience of being with and learning from plants.
The workshop will assist you in deepening your creative
and emotional interconnectedness with a sense of what
is both personal and universal.
Inst @brigidcollinsart
www.brigidcollinsart.com
- Sat 3rd Oct – Trina Stark
– “Gel Plate Printing: so many possibilities, so many choices” Add texture/pattern to existing paintings, create mono print or collage. Come and discover the techniques & possibilities.
- Sat 17th October – Hetty Haxworth
“Dry Point Etching”.
Draw your designs/landscapes on to a plastic plate
with a sharp tool, ink up, wipe off and print using
the printing press.
- Sat 21st November – Briony Jenkins
“Beginning with a Mark”.
Working with limited materials in monochrome,
based on memory and recollections of a place, you will
gain confidence to produce work that can be the
starting point for new pieces of your own work.
Location of workshops St James Church Hall, Arbuthnott St, Stonehaven
They run from 10am till 4pm with 1 hour for lunch
Booking must be made through the Events Cordinator. Costs are £40 pp for members, £55 for non-members
Priority is given to members but non members may fill any vacant places.
Annual Exhibition
The highlight of the club calendar is the Annual Exhibition. This year 2026, we host the clubs 52nd Exhibition. This will take place in person at the Upper Town Hall, Stonehaven from October 17th to October 25th. Handing in night will be October 15th. For invited guests only, the preview night will be held on October 16th.
We also have an online Gallery of images for sale.
Previous Events
Get a flavour of what sort of things we cover at our Evening Events and Weekend Workshops. We guarantee there is something for everyone.
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